“Hey Ken, I’ve got a story for you,” said John, a friend at the fitness center where we work out several mornings a week. He continued, “I visited the Genoa Bar. It’s your kind of story.” We made ...

Beer tastes best swigged in an old Nevada saloon with a long wooden bar and a bra safe in the corner. Yes, bras are kept in an old safe next to the pool table at the historical Genoa Bar and Saloon, ...

GENOA, Nev. (MyNews4.com & KRNV) — Let's take a trip back in history. The little town of Genoa was the first settlement in Nevada, and is home to the first and oldest saloon in the Silver State, the ...

There’s no doubt about it, the Genoa Bar in Genoa is Nevada’s oldest saloon. Founded in 1853, the bar is billed by its owners as “Nevada’s oldest thirst parlor,” and remains a favorite with locals and ...

Electric street lights arrived in Genoa, Nev., the state’s oldest permanent settlement, around 1920, thanks to local women who organized a fundraising “candy dance.” This summer the town’s historic ...

A 30-minute drive from Lake Tahoe, up and over the mountains, Genoa sits at the foot of a steep, narrow ravine. Except for the gusts of wind that signaled a storm approaching, the town was quiet on a ...

Genoa, Nev. — THE ranger directed us up the dirt mountain road to Genoa Peak, where a century ago Basque sheepherders carved names and pictures into the bark of the aspens. Find the spindly gray-white ...

Anyone who has studied Nevada history is aware of Genoa's role in the state's development. Genoa was the state's first town as well as home of the first printed newspaper and site of the first ...